mountain bluebird

noun

1. a bluebird, Siala currucoides, of western North America.

Word History and Origins

Origin of mountain bluebird¹

An Americanism dating back to 1855–60

Example Sentences

They’ve fallen gradually over the years, some enduring for decades, the woodpecker holes in their trunks housing generations of mountain bluebirds and tree swallows.

From Outside Online

Here I also saw my first mountain bluebird, whose back and breast are wholly blue, there being no rufous at all in his plumage.

From Project Gutenberg

In the grove about the barns there was a great number, the most attractive to me being the mountain bluebird.

From Project Gutenberg